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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Cousins Face Same Charge After Car Accident

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 20

FOLLOWING an accident at Moore Park on November 14, when a car uprooted a tram-waiting post, two men…

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Many Hurt in Tram and Motor Accidents

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 27

Sydney had a heavy crop of accidents yesterday. Two tram conductors were swept off their trams and injured, and many people were hurt in car, cycle, motor-cycle and 'bus accidents. seven of the victims are in a seri-…

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Son Accidentally Shoots Mother

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 29

Mrs. Elsie Florence Louden (47), who was accidentally shot in the left breast at the slaughteryards at Helensburgh yesterday afternoon,…

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Jan. 19 race crash accidental

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 14

A race crash at Rosehill on January 19, in which apprentice E. Cracknel was injured, was accidental, the stewards reported yesterday…

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Two Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

Two young men were injured yesterday when the motor cycle on which they were riding and a car collided in Waratah Street, Bexley…

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100 Drowned When German Ship Sinks

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

HAMBURG, Monday.--Nearly 100 A of the 112 passengers were drowned when a German steamer sank in the river Elbe yesterday…

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100 Drowned When German Ship Sinks

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 11

HAMBURG, Monday.--Nearly 100 of the 112 passengers were drowned when a German steamer sank in the river Elbe yesterday…

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100 Drowned When German Ship Sinks

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

HAMBURG, Monday.—Nearly 100 of the 112 passengers were drowned when a German steamer sank in the river Elbe yesterday…

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100 Drowned When German Ship Sinks

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 11

HAMBURG, Monday.--Nearly 100 of the 112 passengers were drowned when a German steamer sank in the river Elbe yesterday…

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Charged As Drunk, Injured Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

Alfred Ernest Frost (66), Botany Rd., Mascot, who was taken to Royal South Sydney Hospital on Friday night after being charged at Botany Police Station with drunkenness, died yesterday without regaining consciousness…

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Young Italian P.O.W. Drowned In Murray

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 9

ALBURY, Sunday.--Antonio Propati, 26, Italian prisoner of war, was drowned in the Murray River below Hume Weir today…

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Mutiny Quelled in Detention Camp Prisoners Wreck, Fire Building Several Guards, Firemen Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Handcuffed together and under heavy armed guard, more than 300 prisoners who mutinied and wrecked the Aldershot Glasshouse (detention barracks)…

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Mutiny Quelled in Detention Camp Prisoners Wreck, Fire Building Several Guards, Firemen Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Handcuffed together and under heavy armed guard, more than 300 prisoners who mutinied and wrecked the Aldershot Glasshouse (detention barracks)…

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56 Rescues at Sydney Beaches Three Treated For Injuries In Surf Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

Fifty-six people were rescued from the surf at Sydney beaches yesterday. Three others were injured in beach accidents, and more than 250 were stung by…

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Lost Clothes; Wasn't Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

A woman's clothing, lost by their owner on Coogee-Beach on Sunday led police to believe that she had been drowned, but…

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Speed Up, Old Stock Causing Tram Crashes Obsolete rolling stock and "rip, tear and bust timetables" were among the factors which produced tramway accidents, a tramwayman from Waverley Depot, Mr. J. Yates, said yesterday

Tribune · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 7

WELLINGTON.—The NZ Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Walter Nash. emphasised that uniess there was mutual understanding and co-operation…

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Danger Of Interfering With Accident Victims

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

The danger of members of the public moving accident victims was emphasised by ambulance officers today. Such action might result in…

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Fish-gunner Gashes Thigh in Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

WHILE shooting fish with his special fish-gun 12 feet under the surface in Narrabeen Lakes this afternoon Frank Cunliffe (37), of…

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Fish-gunner Gashes Thigh in Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

WHILE shooting fish with his special fish-gun 12 feet under the surface in Narrabeen Lakes this afternoon Frank Cunliffe (37), of…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 8

A young man was admitted to Parramatta District Hospital on Sunday morning suffering from injuries received in a fall from a motor-cycle…

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